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US to deliver stealth fighter to Israel
month, Israel`s war ministry announced plans to purchase a squadron (at least 25 aircraft) of the fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter. The delivery was expected to commence in 2014.
During meetings the Israeli War Minister, Ehud Barak, held at the Pentagon last week, US defense officials agreed to allow Israel to begin receiving the aircraft as early as 2012, when delivery to the United States Air Force is also set to begin.
Eight countries - including Britain, Turkey and Australia - are members of the Joint Strike Fighter project. Israel became a security cooperation participant after paying $20 million in 2003 for access to information accumulated during the jet`s development. The jet will be priced at between $50m and $60m.
"We asked that for every two jets manufactured for the US, one be manufactured for Israel," a senior Israeli official said.